RE: Octave 4.0.0 release candidate 2 available for ftp

[JohnD]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 11:28 PM
> To: JohnD; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Octave 4.0.0 release candidate 2 available for ftp
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: JohnD <
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> > Date: 2015/3/22, Sun 08:31
> > Subject: RE: Octave 4.0.0 release candidate 2 available for ftp
> >
> >
> >>  Message: 1
> >>  Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:51:28 -0400
> >>  From: "John W. Eaton"
> >>  To: Octave Maintainers List
> >>  Cc: address@hidden
> >>  Subject: Octave 4.0.0 release candidate 2 available for ftp
> >>  Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> >>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >>
> >>  The second release candidate for Octave 4.0.0 is available from
> >>
> >>     ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/octave
> >>
> >>  I'm sure there will be problems that need to be fixed so it is
> >> unlikely
> > that this
> >>  version will become the 4.0.0 release without some changes.
> >>  But please try to build this version and report any problems you
> >> find in
> > the bug
> >>  tracker.  I've added a new version tag for the release candidate, so
> > please use
> >>  that when reporting problems.
> >>
> >>  I will also be making a binary installer for Windows available soon.
> >>
> >>  jwe
> >>
> > ***********************************
> >
> > Windows 7, new rebuild of mxe-octave:
> >   PASS     12847
> >   FAIL         2
> >   XFAIL       16
> >   SKIPPED     54
> >
> > __run_tests__ finished in directory
> > C:/Octave/Octave-4.0.0-rc2/share/octave/4.0.0-rc2/etc/tests/fixed
> > rather than the director we started in
> >
> > Fails:
> > '__w2mpth__' undefined near line 4 column 12 -  fixed I believe in
> > http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/0f2cbcb14a21
> > processing system.tst
> > ***** test
> > xdir = pwd ();
> > cd /
> > d1 = pwd ();
> > cd (xdir);
> > if (ispc () && ! isunix ())
> >    ## should be a drive letter
> >    assert (length (d1), 3);
> >    assert (d1(2), ":");
> >    assert (d1(3), "\\");
> > else
> >    assert ("/", d1);
> > endif
> > assert (pwd (), xdir);
> > !!!!! test failed
> > ASSERT errors for:  assert (length (d1),3)
> >
> >   Location  |  Observed  |  Expected  |  Reason
> >      ()           65           3         Abs err 62 exceeds tol 0
> 
> 
> In the tread:
> Octave 4.0rc installer on Windows 7
> 
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-4-0rc-installer-on-Windows-7-
> td4668998.html
> 
> 
> There is no windows binary on the ftp yet.
>  1. Close button of window is not visible
>  2. Qt graphics toolkit is not available in octave-cli
> 
> The two points that vinukn pointed out is resolved?
> 
> Tatsuro

That’s the (now old) rc1, 
1. Is fixed.
2. works if the octave-gui is ru with --no-gui